Extremely disappointing after the hype (some small spoilers)

Rating: 3/10 (26 October 2004)

I can suspend my disbelief about certain scientific facts that were totally ignored. The "Rage" is really bonky. Makes people homicidal but only homicidal enough to bite others so they can turn...maybe if the zombies tried to eat and kill each other and everything, i could accept it as the "Rage".(But hey it's another spin on the zombie movie :P )
Why is it disappointing you ask me? Simply because the actions of the characters were supremely ludicrous and pretty much made no friggin sense.
The animal activists...not even they are stupid enough to do what they did when they were told that the animals were infected, and the evidence being right in front of them.
The total change of character from tough cookie to helpless creampuff for the black girl.
Jim the ex-comatose patient morphing into Rambo.
Why would Jim bayonet the soldier cook and then leave his nice full auto rifle on the floor so he could run around as unarmed zombie bait? How many times have you seen a character disable the monster/enemy and then run alway leaving their weapons so the monster/enemy can get back up, pick the weapon up and then chase them again.
The pathetic helplessness of the soldiers who supposedly survived as long as they did. They seemed tough at first then in the end started cowering...dropping weapons...etc. Too out of character.
The fact that none of them attempted to get off the island. Remember what the Sargeant said in captivity? Soldiers do have some common sense in the real world. At least in Romero's zombie flicks, they tried to get off into the sea to look for some measure of hope.
28 days later...how can those apples be fresh and pristine? Who can survive a gunshot wound to the stomach from a high powered rifle without real medical attention?
List goes on and on....
The movie had potential. The only thing that ruined it was the screenplay. Watch the movie and you will understand.
BTW, this is what happens when you take the guns alway from the Brits.. the everyday Brit will be defenseless against those nasty zombies when a zombie epidemic hits :P In the US, we got rednecks armed to the teeth hunting them down for sport :)